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Hagler vs. Hearns: Looking back
Malik Smith, ESPN Stats & Information
Wednesday is the 30th anniversary of the Marvin Hagler-Thomas Hearns fight. The Ring magazine deemed Hagler vs. Hearns the fight of the year in 1985, and the first round was round of the year.
ESPN Stats & Information looks back at the fight.
The buildup
Marvelous Marvin Hagler made his name as a middleweight during the 1970s. Hagler was 25-0-1 with 19 knockouts in three years as a professional before his first loss. In 1980, Hagler defeated Alan Minter in a three-round knockout to win the WBC and WBA middleweight belts.
By the mid-1980s, Hagler was making his 10th defense of both the WBA and WBC title belts and his fifth defense of the IBF belt.
Welterweight Thomas “Hitman” Hearns started 32-0 with 30 knockouts. His first loss came in a welterweight fight against Sugar Ray Leonard in 1981. Leonard scored a TKO victory in the 14th round, despite Hearns leading on all of the judge’s scorecards at the time.
A bout between Hagler and Hearns was scheduled for 1982 but was postponed when Hearns suffered a hand injury, and another three years elapsed before they fought. During the buildup, Hearns predicted that he would win with a third-round knockout of H
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As boxing fans well know, fights are very rarely as good as the pre fight hype. Once in a great while though the fight not only matches the hype but exceeds it. One of those fights took place on April 15, 1985 between “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler and Tommy “The Hitman” Hearns. There have been other Super fights since Hagler and Hearns put on their historic show for boxing fans and although some of them have been great fights, none have measured up to that magic night.
No one who witnessed the event will ever forget it and even Hearns fans will admit that they witnessed a fight the likes of which they would never see again. Both fighters approached the fight with supreme confidence. The fight was held at Ceasar’s Palace in Las Vegas and was hyped by promoter Bob Arum as “The War”.
Undisputed Middleweight Champion Marvin Hagler, had been the undisputed Middleweight Champion since 1980 and prior to that he was the number one contender for much of the late 1970’s. Hagler had defeated Vito Antuofermo and Alan Minter to solidify the Middleweight Title. By the time of “The War” he had defended his title ten times, winning nine by knockout.
Tommy Hearns was making his debut at Middleweight after dominating the Junior Middleweight Division and performing well at Welterweight.
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Marvin Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns
Boxing competition
| Date | April 15, 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Caesars Palace, Elysian fields, Nevada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) deduce the line | WBA, WBC, IBF and The Ringundisputed middleweight titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hagler wins aspect 3rd-round TKO | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
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